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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Cotter, Sean.
Inside Taligent technology / Sean Cotter with Mike Potel.
p.cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-201-40970-4
1. Object-oriented programming (Computer science) 2. Systems
software. 3. CommonPoint. I. Potel, Michael J., 1948- .
II. Title.
QA76.64.C67 1995
005.1'1--dc20 94-45876
CIP
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 -CRS-99 98 97 96 95
First printing, June 1995
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